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11 hours ago, traveller101 said:

Digging in your heels and stubbornly refusing the plain obvious regarding being 'legally drunk' or 'over the legal limit' At The Time Of The Accident.

The Blood Alcohol Test Result performed at the Hospital some 4 hours later still showed 20mg (0.02)., which is within the legal limit of 50mg (0.05). It proves that he was not 'drunk' 4 hours AFTER he caused the accident. His body eliminated another 60mg of alcohol - at an elimination rate of 15mg per hour accepted by the medical fraternity.

His blood alcohol content at the time of the accident therefore was approx. 80mg (0.08) or 60%! over the legal limit.

I  hope that you're not "too cowardly" to admit that you were plain wrong.

 

 

I’ve lost track now, I thought I saw a published result of 10mg and with 20-30mg metabolization per hour, which with a 4-5 hour delay, would still put him at least 90mg, and possibly (probably) higher. Someone posted a blood alcohol calculator on another thread and unfortunately there are so many variables, I expect it will give him an exit route. 
 

Our only hope is the public outrage remains steadfast and something is done as a result. Unfortunately, interest in such cases typically appears to wane fairly quickly…

Let’s all hope this fails like most TAT projects or projections.

Thailand was already creaking at the seams with 40 million pre-covid.

I have zero confidence that they can make the required infrastructure improvements to sustainably handle 80 million within 5 years.

If this prediction comes true, I expect it will be hellish in many tourist areas and providing an overall experience which only the mass-tourism market would accept. 

Once again, it raises the (rhetorical) question of how does this fit in with a quality and sustainable tourism strategy as so often espoused by the TAT ?

I disagree, the winners were the content platforms and providers, for example the gentleman writing this opinion piece. 

Nothing like a good covid entry restrictions story to get everyone wound-up, even better as there was a Chinese angle involved. Just a pity for them the 'order' was rescinded before the ink had dried, there was so much more mileage to be had !

8 minutes ago, Celsius said:

I thought they stopped reporting?

 

This is bad news.

I think they have stopped reporting cases, not deaths. Sure someone will clarify for us !

Apart from the sad deaths of those before their time, this doesn't appear bad news to me based on the data below. Now we are at the lowest daily death rate since covid kicked-off in Thailand in April 2021. The peak in early '23, is the 58 deaths in the OP being reported on 1 day being Jan 9th, as they didn't report since Jan 2nd.

2 hours ago, Wabel said:

Maybe Anutin could start wearing a mask as well, at the airport welcoming his beloved Chinese without a mask, he praises the Thai’s for wearing masks but doesn’t follow their example 

If my timelines are correct, this meeting happened later the same day after Anutin was rolling out the red carpet to the returning Chinese at the airport.

Quite brave of the US ambassador 

As I mentioned in the Chinese welcoming ceremony thread, this is yet another picture of Anutin without mask, immediately after exposure to higher risk groups and in close proximity to others.

Leading from the front and showing the Thai people the way forward and that masks are obviously an optional extra ! Or it could be, he is so arrogant he simply doesn’t think the guidelines applies to the anointed ones in the government. I’m going with the latter option. 

Nothing says progress and advancement whilst foreshadowing a bright future more than a bunch of gimps in uniforms.

From the linked article :

"The area in which Thailand performed best is working towards the “No Poverty” goal, which is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere. The indicator is the poverty: population ratio. (Q - how is poverty defined ?)

Another area in which Thailand performed quite well was “Quality Education’. The report said that challenges remain, but that the country is still on track to SDG achievement. This is the goal to ensure inclusive, equitable and quality education and the promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all. The indicators are participation in pre-primary organised learning, lower secondary completion and literacy rates."

I will allow the good folk of TV to draw their own judgement on poverty (strangely Thailand has highest gini co-efficient in the region and very high globally...??) and Thai "Quality Education".....

Proof, if it were needed, that we should not simply digest as truth everything that is spoon-fed to us in the media...

2 hours ago, Purdey said:

News on page 4 on Wednesday:

 

Thai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob and Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakar have COVID-19 and will not be conducting their duties for 10 days. 

That would be hilarious.

It's doubtful as Anutin has previous on this during the height of the pandemic, when he was confirmed as positive after some overseas jolly, was meant to isolate for a week and was back only a couple of days later for an obviously too important to miss photo-op. 

2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

A long thread for something that has still not been confirmed! 

Yes, my thoughts exactly. It's almost as if the writers have a good idea of what buttons to press to get a reaction (and web-traffic) from the expat community... ????

I think I will wait for a bit more substance than a half-arsed report from the world-renowned publication that is "PhuketGO"... 

42 minutes ago, CharlieKo said:

 Once flooded how do you get to and from your house?

Easy access via the river by boat. Drop off at the 1st floor private 'sky' dock, purpose built for such occasions.

Just kidding.

Back to the OP :

I live in an area of central Bangkok that was prone to flooding, neighbours tell me it was chest deep here back in the mid-90s and I have electrical sockets that are fitted half-way up the wall, which gives the game away ! However, to the best of my knowledge no floods at all in the 25+ years since then and definitely not in the 15 years I have been here. 

Yours is an interesting case, I can see the attraction of a nice property overlooking a river but being near a river comes with risks. 

On the basis everyone else has told you to stop considering this, let me offer an alternative view. As your map shows, many others have built there- so why not you ?

With numerous houses and 2 main roads in the direct vicinity, you would expect that the 'authorities' will have a reasonable motivation to keep the area dry, if at all possible. Try to establish the risks - what's the historic and ongoing flood situation - was the previous flood just a f-up by the local water management team ? How often have there been floods on the property over the past twenty years ? What's the general state and condition of neighbouring land and properties ?  Either way, it would obviously be prudent to build in some flood-proofing into your house/land designs (any design clues from neighbouring properties?) and if it's a once a decade or more thing then you can evaluate whether you see not being able to access your property for a few days/weeks once every 10 years and some clean-up/repair costs as a price worth paying, assuming the main property and belongings of value are safe and sound above the water line.

1 hour ago, smedly said:

365 days a year 

 

those are tasked to deal with it - are the worst 

 

3rd world 

Not that I disagree with your comment but this is something that all of Thai society needs to tackle.

I remain astonished, especially given the amount of 'propaganda' peddled via various media channels, that the government/ministries find it difficult to develop national educational campaigns on several key national public behaviour issues, drink driving being one of these. If you can start to challenge and change the mindset and start making it a socially unacceptable behaviour, then you might see some improvements. 

Of course, as we see in wider day-to-day society and the generally lax law enforcement, telling someone what to do or receiving such guidance rarely goes down well in Thailand. Until this aspect of the Thai collective psyche develops, I think it will continue to be difficult...

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

How come Americans dodged the bullet?

They didn't. Not for me to speak for the original poster but perhaps they are alluding the the end of the 'zero covid' policy hitherto adopted by China. Once covid is widely out in the community we have a fairly good idea (after 3 years now) which groups are more likely to be seriously infected, or worse...especially with a somewhat limited vaccine roll-out in China. I suppose the positive for China is that the current dominant covid strains appear generally less dangerous than earlier strains. 

If it is a fungal infection (suggest seeing a doctor) then they can be difficult to clear.

Amongst various treatments I tried creams, varnishes, lotions and iodine foot baths. 

In the end, I tried what seemed to me a logical solution mentioned on the web.

Fungus generally likes dark and moist environments, so I try to keep my feet aired as much as possible (I would suggest switching to open toed shoes as much as practical, this was not easy for me as a Brit with our general dislike for sandals ????)  and perhaps more importantly, whenever possible I take "feet sun baths" for 10-15 minutes whilst day-dreaming about the UV zapping the fungus. Obviously you need to be a bit careful not too overdo this and risk sun burning your feet but in my experience it is amazing how often a seat/table just has a little area of direct sunlight nearby and then you can just stretch out your feet for a few minutes to get the benefits of the UV. 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

Yes, interesting that the last 3 words were omitted.

Allow me to give you another 3 words instead... "clickbait drives views".

22 hours ago, NORDO said:

Scared Sh_tless on what to do next.

Perhaps you have become institutionalised by the world of work !

I would be looking at this next phase with great excitement.

I am sure you will have no problems to find many fulfilling and interesting ways to spend your time, with (finally) the freedom to do exactly what you want with your own time !

6 hours ago, daveAustin said:

 31 are missing. 

Oh dear, that’s terrible news. Thought the report said all were evacuated.

I wonder if they can attempt an undersea rescue to check for those that might be trapped inside.